佛祖統紀 33.4

English (machine translation) 33.4

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33.4

Carved Images: Śakra Devānām Indra requested the Buddha to ascend to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven to preach the Dharma for his mother. King Udayana (king of the kingdom of Kauśāmbī) longed to behold the Tathāgata, and thereupon used sandalwood to make an image of the Tathāgata five feet in height (from the *Ekottarāgama*; according to the *Record of the Western Regions*, King Udayana requested Maudgalyāyana to use his supernormal powers to convey a craftsman up to heaven to directly view the wondrous form, using sandalwood to carve an image rising to five feet in height).

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佛祖統紀 — 志磐, Classical Chinese